CANADA 🇨🇦……CALGARY’S VOTED FOR IT’S OFFICIAL BIRD 🦅

By A Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada: After collecting more than 36,000 votes, the City of Calgary has announced which bird will officially represent the city ⁠— the black-capped chickadee.

The small bird came in first out of five birds, capturing a healthy 44 per cent of the vote.

The black-billed magpie came in second with 24 per cent of the vote, the northern flicker came in third, the blue jay in fourth and the red-breasted nuthatch in fifth. 

In 2021, Calgary became one of the first cities in the country to be certified by Nature Canada as bird friendly. 

The city partnered with Bird Friendly Calgary and Nature Canada to organize the bird vote over the month of April to promote this certification.

The black-capped chickadee will be recognized as Calgary's official bird at the city's June 7 council meeting.